SENSORIAL RETINAL RELATIONSHIP IN CONCOMITANT STRABISMUS

Abstract

An anomalous sensorial relationship is frequently found in patients with concomitant strabismus. It represents an adaptation of the sensorial apparatus of the eyes to their abnormal relative position. Its essence consists of the acquisition of more or less stable common visual directions between de norma disparate retinal elements . The anomalous retinal relationship can only be understood on the basis of the theory of the subjective visual directions; the projection theory of spatial localization should be abandoned. Neither must the anomalous relative spatial localization be confused with anomalies in the absolute localization. Numerous clinical observations are quoted to demonstrate the varied clinical picture of anomalous correspondence. It is shown that normal correspondence is based on an innate preformed mechanism. The conditions necessary for anomalous correspondence to come about are listed. The tests for its detn. are critically discussed and the difficult problems of its origin and therapy are taken up.